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Pair with blue liners SOLD

Anybody want these? They were promoted by Burton as an all mountain, free-ride hardboot. They are more flexible than most hardboots, but also a bit lower in the cuff, and I didn't like that part, so only tried them a few times. Shipping will cost more than I think they're worth, even though they are like new (1998). You pay the shipping and maybe make a small offer for the "handling" part and they're yours. Otherwise they're off to the 2nd hand store. Here's how they stack up next a pair of 4 buckle Raichles...

Mid 1990's, Pure Cave, Aspen. You can learn a lot watching these guys. Non-aggressive fluid style, with power, and grace, completing turns and mixing it up. Feels a lot more relaxed compared some of the current videos, taking the time to complete some turns. 50 minutes long, two old video tapes converted to digital, so some loss of image quality.

Sorry, only thing left is a set of yellow e-pads. I was just updating my post when posted.

Love to see a final end-of-the-season photo of the hill I'm working on my little house outside in a t-shirt─must be close to 70° here

Nice to see you got out Thought I'd repost bobble's link to Duluth icy-trail-skating, in case you guys didn't see it. Looks like it could be on the Spirit rec area trails. Look familiar Russ? http://www.gomn.com/news/watch-skaters-cruise-down-icy-ski-trails-in-duluth/ Anyone see the northern lights last night?

Eric and t-nut, I'll be going to the post office today and will see if I can get an idea of shipping cost. It will be easy if I can fit a pair into one of those large, flat-rate priority mail boxes ($19). Looks like the priority box is $60 shipped to Canada. That should be an approximate and relative shipping cost estimate even if they don't fit in a flat-rate box. If there's a better way to ship boots, let me know. Dave

Snowboard season is over here...Cold surfing of another kind...a 40 mile downwinder in 20-30kt winds in October on Lake Superior, riding 8'-12' waves all day on a 20,000lb "surf board". Mind's on the water....

I have 1 pair each of Burton Reactor and Furnace boots. They are well used, but still in usable condition (plastic is in good shape). They have some issues with the 2nd buckle/strap from the bottom. I have jury-rigged with monel wire (sailor-style)─works fine. A more professional job might be done scavenging some strap-type buckles off some other boots. These boots would be considered on the stiff side, but have a nice flex for hardboot snowboarding, a walk/ride mechanism and a short sole length. The fit is similar to the UPZ's─room in the toe area and great heel hold─even with the stock liner. I used them with custom footbeds. Anyway...these might be good for someone looking for decent first snowboard hard boots for cheap. I'm thinking $25 each plus cost of shipping.

I have TD2-3/sidewinder binding parts that I don't need. Everything is in "as new" condition except one pair of the blue e-rings. 4─6° cant disks@$15 each SOLD 2 pair blue e-rings@$15 per pair SOLD 1 pair of 3 hole center disks for older Burton boards@ $15 SOLD 2 sets of yellow (soft) e-pads for sidewinders@$5 per set...or will trade one set for a new or lightly used blue set. ....Plus actual cost of shipping....

Like Cory said, reverse scr (larger radius in nose & tighter radius tail) has been done, but not common. Sean said it was an accident that sort of worked. What I was pointing out was that the type of scr doesn't necessarily dictate the amount of taper. In other words, you could have a variable scr in a board without taper.

I will have some td3 standards for sale as soon as I sort things out. Blue e-rings with 6° cant disks.

Not necessarily, but most likely. I used to assume that the variable side cuts on raceboards resulted in their taper, but then thought there are plenty of powder boards out there with lots of taper and a near radial sidecut, so they're not necessarily directly linked. This is what Bruce had to say about the effect of taper while discussing building a new carving board. Rather than trying to paraphase, and get it wrong, here's what he said: "It does a few things. Increases directional change as the wider nose wants to dart off in the other direction quicker just due to the wider nose having the sidecuts pointing in different directions more. Does the reverse at the end of the turn and does not push you across the hill as this really isn't ideal for racing and does reduce pop a bit as you don't get that kick at the end. The boards do not want to finish the turns as strong with lots of taper. Also when using nose decamber, the edge actually engages later as the tip of the sidecut is off the snow until you roll onto the edge so it helps to have a wider nose as it uses the quicker direction change capability to reduce the delay the decamber creates for initiation." There are a lot of variables in play building a board that works well─a science and an art.

To further confuse the matter, don't forget to factor the influence of taper. Most modern boards have varying amounts of taper, independent of the type of sidecut (variable or single).

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Editing photos not worth saving and found one more worth putting up here from Feb 2. Got the season-winding-down-blues...some good memories tho...

Thanks Neil. I'd love to go back there, I did some backpacking 30+ years ago in Banff─majestic would be the word that comes to mind. Sun Peaks looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. I like that it's only 7,000' elevation. Anything over 9,000' and I feel the lack of oxygen.

Started out with frozen cord and flat light for the first 1½ hours then softened up by noon as the sun worked on it. Stayed til about 3 when things were getting pretty chewed up. Lots of carving on the hill. Gandy was destroyed by skiers by the time ventured over there. A few soft boot carvers and I ran into 2 hardbooters, Craig from St. Charles on a new Donek Legacy and Ryan was out with his daughter, riding his Donek metal FC. Donek Safari REV for me...also saw a new Donek Knapton Twin in the rack (some G-Team riders were there practicing over in the park with their coach). Lonboardin heads home. Great riding with you Dave. Russ, thanks again for making the couch available. Had a great 3 days after the storm. Feels like the end of the season, but we'll see

My flow liners started getting packed out pretty bad. I found a pair of Intuition Alpine Wrap liners on sale in my size at a local shop (I used the money saved to buy a pair of booster straps and some fancy "ski" socks). The Alpine wraps were size 9, and my flows were labeled 9½, but the Intuitions seemed to be a good fit. The Alpine Wrap seemed to be similar in stiffness to the Flow liners. If anything they are a bit stiffer. I'm still tweaking the fit by remolding problem areas. I still can't go more than 4-5 hours without my feet complaining. But... ...I can't believe the difference in power transmission to the board. It was like experiencing rack and pinion steering for the first time, requiring noticeably more subtle input. I must have been way overcompensating before. I switched back to the flow liners one day when my feet started hurting, and the lack of control was almost comical. By the way, the fancy "ski" socks (although thin) seemed to cause some friction and irritation and were not a good replacement for the thin synthetic "dress" or liner socks that I've always preferred.

Since we're moving this to Canada...anyone been to Sunshine Village. My daughter said it was one of her favorite places for carving. I've never been there, but never hear much about it on the forum either.

Tempted to come up tomorrow Looks like there could be a little more snow tonight.

Lutsen has the steep stuff, the most expensive lift ticket and the most runs, but half of the runs are not great carving, unless you like steep and narrow.

If you're willing to consider adding 1½-2 hrs to that drive you have two more options with more carve friendly terrain─Spirit (600' vert-mostly mellow runs-all good for carving) and Lutsen (about 800' vert on Moose mt). Both have a Superior view, which adds to experience for me. Weekends aren't crazy busy, unless there's a race or other events (check their calendars), but it would be worth coming midweek where you'll often have the place to yourself. Giants Ridge is more like 500' vertical drop, maybe not much better than your hill except that we would definitely make the effort to join you when you come.

Hope you ankle feels better today (hope you iced it). Looks like all snow at Spirit last night! Had the french onion soup and a Surly when I was up there a couple of weeks ago... The new lifts go here... My favorite carving runs are Sarajevo, Squaw Valley to Helsinki Race, and late in the day I always find untracked groom on Cortina, but you have to pay for it with a long, flat run back to Sarajevo chair. Placid and Melbourne are nice for some relaxed, lazy turns. Otherwise, you need a small radius board for a lot of the other narrow and steeper (especially north side) runs.

3rd day groom...mo betta than the day before...fast and firm. As the sage of the milky way says, "track no lie". Flocks of birds flying north (geese and loons) as I drove south into the rain